Executive Oversight Committee

Gill Meller FCG HKFCG (PE) is MTR Corporation Limited’s Legal & Governance Director. She is responsible for leading the Company’s environmental, social and governance initiatives and for overseeing the Company’s legal, company secretarial, insurance, risk and assurance management and procurement and supply chain functions.

Gill is qualified to practise as a solicitor in Hong Kong and England and Wales. She graduated with a Master of Arts degree in Geography from Hertford College, the University of Oxford and obtained her postgraduate qualifications in law from The College of Law in the United Kingdom. She is the chair of the Legal Committee of The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Listing Committee of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and an independent director of Hong Kong, China Rugby. She is also a representative of the China/Hong Kong Division on the Council of the international Chartered Governance Institute, a former President of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute, and a Fellow of both of these institutes.

With more than three decades of experience advising boards and executives across five continents, Dr Denis Mowbray is a globally recognised authority on governance and organisational performance. His doctoral research pioneered the “Third-Team” concept, a framework that reframes the relationship between a board and its executive leadership team not as adversarial or merely transactional, but as a unified, high-performing team whose behavioural dynamics are the true determinants of organisational success. For directors of private companies, where the board–management relationship is often closer and more fluid, this construct has proven especially powerful.

Denis’ work moves governance beyond the compliance-first mindset that dominates much of the field, focusing instead on the behavioural and cultural drivers that separate boards that govern with impact from those that merely govern. He has applied this approach across a broad spectrum of entity types, private and publicly listed companies, family-owned enterprises, government ministries, and not-for-profit organisations, advising high-profile clients across New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, Europe, and the Pacific. His tailored programs combine governance reviews, board effectiveness assessments, and strategic facilitation to deliver measurable change in how boards and executive teams work together.

A Fellow and Vice President of the Chartered Governance Institute (CGI Global), the world’s leading professional body for governance practitioners, Denis brings both the credentialed rigour of a senior governance professional and the perspective of an active practitioner. He is a sought-after speaker, educator, and published writer who bridges academic research and boardroom reality, regularly contributing to the global conversation on what effective governance looks like in practice.

Datuk Suseela Menon is a Past President of MAICSA, having served as President from October 2020 to June 2022. Currently, she serves as the Immediate Past President on the Council of the Corporate Secretaries International Association (CSIA), an international federation of corporate secretaries and governance professionals.

She has served and continues to serve on various committees of MAICSA. She was the Chairman of the Transformation & Re-branding Committee, where she led the re-branding exercise undertaken by the Institute. Presently, she holds the Chairmanship of the Editorial Board, the Thought Leadership Committee and the Appeals Tribunal Committee.

Suseela served as Executive Director of UMW Corporation (a prominent public-listed conglomerate in Malaysia), having risen to that position from the role of Group Secretary. It is noteworthy that she was the first female Executive Director in the Group. Her 30 years’ of working experience encompass company secretaryship, corporate communications, branding, corporate governance, investor relations, IT, property and administration.

She has had entrepreneurial experience in managing businesses, specifically in the medical and Esports industries. She continues to engage in consultancy work for companies that require her expertise.

Suseela served as the first-ever female President of the All-Malaysia Malayalee Association and as a Disciplinary Committee member of the Malaysian Bar Council for many years, Datuk Suseela was conferred the Panglima Jasa Negara (PJN) in June 2014 by His Royal Highness, the King of Malaysia, which carries the title “Datuk”, in recognition of her corporate work and charitable activities.

As Vice-President of HKMU, Professor Au is responsible for the planning and implementation of strategic initiatives to advance the University’s vision, mission and objectives. He oversees international and Mainland collaborations, supports HKMU’s ongoing development, and contributes to initiatives such as the establishment of Hong Kong’s first University of Applied Sciences and the University’s participation in global ranking exercises.
With more than 30 years of academic experience, Professor Au has published widely in internationally refereed journals on business ethics, international management, technology transfer and marketing. As Principal or Co-Principal Investigator, he secured over HK$20 million in competitive external and internal research grants.

Dedicated to knowledge exchange between academia and society, Professor Au frequently contributed articles to leading newspapers and business magazines on branding, consumer behaviour, management and marketing communications. He also undertook consultancy projects for a range of public and private organisations, including the Hong Kong and U.S. Governments, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, District Boards, the Bureau of Foreign Trade and Cooperation of Guangzhou Municipality, A.S. Watson Asia Limited, and KONE Hong Kong.

At present, Professor Au continues to play an active role in professional and public service. He serves on the Advisory Group for Financial Education for Young Adults under the Investor and Financial Education Council, as well as the Research Ethics Committee of the Hong Kong Sanatorium Hospital Medical Group. He is also regularly invited by HKCAAVQ to act as Chair or expert panellist in the accreditation of academic programmes offered in Hong Kong and overseas.